Pancreatoduodenectomy with portal vein resection for distal cholangiocarcinoma.

T MaetaTomoki EbataE HayashiT KawaharaS MizunoN MatsumotoS OhtaM Naginonull null

Published in: The British journal of surgery (2017)

PV invasion in distal cholangiocarcinoma is associated with locally advanced disease and several negative prognostic factors. Survival for patients who have PV resection is poor even after curative resection.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
locally advanced
end stage renal disease
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
ejection fraction
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
clinical trial
radiation therapy
open label
phase ii study